page_title: Industrial history of Monterrey
section_title: Internal factors
hierarchical_section_title: Industrial history of Monterrey / Industrialization of Monterrey / Causes of industrialization / Internal factors
caption_attribution_description: Monterrey between the bishop´s palace and saddle Mountain Estas fotos pertenecen al libro de Elizabeth Visere McGary “An American Girl in Mexico” Publicado por Dodd, Mead and company, 1904 en Nueva York. El libro y sus imágenes son del dominio público en USA por haber expirado su copyright después de 100 años. En el libro la autora relata sus impresiones de un viaje que hace a México, especialmente a Monterrey en donde permanece por casi un año. Ella está unos días en Saltillo, una semana en San Luis Potosí y unos tres meses en Ciudad de México. El enlace a este libro es: &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/books?id=piEWyzq-ncUC&amp;hl=es"&gt;www.google.com/books?id=piEWyzq-ncUC&amp;hl=es&lt;/a&gt; “…the Bishop's Palace, a grand old historic building, with its secret entrances and exits and blood spattered walls, to which the guide points with horror depicted on his face, though on close examination the spots look strangely like splotches of red paint. The walls had thousands of names carved on their dingy surfaces—names of people from every land—some carved many, many years ago. It is a long steep ascent from the car line to the top of the hill, but this climb is made on burros, which may be hired at the foot of the mountain.” “…el obispado, un edificio antiguo y grande, con salidas y entradas secretas y sangre salpicada en sus paredes que eran señaladas por el guía con horror descrito en su rostro, aunque examinándolas de cerca, las manchas parecen como extraños salpicones de pintura roja. Las paredes tenían miles de nombres grabados en su desgastada superficie –nombre de gente de todas partes- algunos grabados muchos, muchos años atrás. Es un largo tramo cuesta arriba desde la carretera hasta la cima del monte, pero esta cuesta se hace mediante burros que pueden ser contratados al pie de la montaña.
context_page_description: Monterrey is one of the most important and wealthiest cities in Mexico. Being the third largest metropolitan area in Mexico, Monterrey serves as a commercial center of the north of the country. Its huge commercial centers and industries are consequences of its big industrialization after the end of the Second French Intervention War. Before this event happened, Monterrey served as a distribution center of imported goods to the north of the country.
  The industrial and economic development of the state came in several phases, starting at the end of the Second French Intervention, followed by the development of the industry in the state, and the boom of industrialization before the Mexican Revolution. These three phases dictated the industrial path of Monterrey, each one of them having its own consequences in this process.
  During the year of 1867, several important changes initiated in the city of Monterrey starting its industrialization: the falling of the commerce in the city, the development of communications, the development of agriculture, development of new industries, and other several changes.
context_section_description: One important factor was the government position towards the foundation of new industries in the city. The government in Monterrey reduced taxes and borrow land to business or persons who wanted to create new industries in the city, creating a friendly environment to entrepreneurs. This environment could not be performed without the important amounts of capital that were created during the early stages of commerce in the city. The huge amount of economic resources that some citizens and business in Monterrey had available for investments were a key factor on the industrialization. Also, another important factor in this phase, was the huge amount of skilled craftsmen. These craftsmen were important to the industries, who contract them because they knew how to use machines and work in the production of products.
  One important factor was Monterrey's geographical position towards United States. Monterrey is the nearest important city of Mexico to the frontier and industrial area of United States. This closeness also let Monterrey's citizens to go to the United States to study or work in the neighbor country, bringing new ideas and process to the industrial sector of Monterrey.
caption: Monterrey, 1904
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